Omnibus - Season 6 (1957)

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An abridged version of Jacques Offenbach's operetta about the street singer who became the mistress of the Viceroy of Peru.

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A wealthy mother's only son leaves his pampered life to join a gang of mobsters.

Leonard Bernstein explains how the music of the plot increases the emotional impact of the words that are sung. He compares the spoken words in English to scenes in a play to the singing version as it appears in opera. Most of the examples are from the Puccini opera La Bohème.

Thomas Mendip believes he would like to die. Jennet emphatically doesn't want to be burnt as a witch. Theirs is an unlikely love affair, and their story is an even more unlikely comedy.

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